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Moses' kicking game kept us in it, under a lot more kick pressure than Cleary.keep up. I told you it was the first half stat.
Now, 38 receptions and 2 runs.Big f**king whoop.
great work, go cream yourself over that
Have you got Cleary’s stats?
Moses was hopeless, handle it
But if but if but but but but but but if if
Should have relied on Dylan Brown to guide the team in Moses’ absence.
That's the circumstance we can't cover from elsewhere in the squad. There's other merkins we can throw the ball to when we're chasing points. The stay composed and build pressure option isn't going to come from moving Cartwright into the halves.
Been revised to 3 runs: https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2022/finals-week-1/panthers-v-eels/keep up. I told you it was the first half stat.
Now, 38 receptions and 2 runs.Big f**king whoop.
Your team is also in sudden death.
Your team just had a week off. You'd want to hope they finished strong. Hope they don't drop the bundle in two weeks time. Sudden death.
Kicking is so important to our game that Drown can't handle it all on his own. Plus our exit sets are structured to kick from the right hand side. Moving Drown over there removes him from the left side where he has a great partnership with Lane and Gutherson.
My past mantra has always been that the salary cap stops any coach being able to get the exact team they want. Without 'cap laundering' by spending obscene amounts on junior recruitment you can't beat the salary cap. There's no nine years of building going on. You spend the cap each year and each year you have players chasing the money to other clubs. There's a constant roster churn.But but but but... 9 years is more than enough for a coach to build the squad they want - I think that's similar to one your past mantras?
I’m sure he’d be fine. I think having him at halfback with an extra forward (in place of Jake) would be more beneficial to the team than having to accommodate a backup half whose kicking isn’t up to first grade standard at this point in his career.
Probably not ready for long minutes, especially if we need him bringing the line speed. I assume they've been flogging him at training.
Because they want ja to be there again when we next meet. It gives. Ba a false sense of security
In limited minutes his tackles per minute are always poor. If he was chasing the collision it would show in his stats.
He was beaten for speed once, when we were on the back foot and he came in to get in front of Luai. Otherwise he didn't see a lot of traffic. Penrith were content to roll through our middle as we were out of gas by the time Arthur came on.
You’d expect that when you complete 6/16 in the second half.
Maybe not but it's not hurting either. It's one reserve grader or another in those two spots. If we only need six minutes from Makatoa I don't see how another forward will help. Or do you think he only played six minutes because that's all he's capable of?
| Merkin | Minutes |
|---|---|
| Matterson | 68 |
| Paulo | 59 (in three stints, so he is getting plenty of rest) |
| Campbell-Gillard | 49 |
| Niukore | 45 |
| Kaufusi | 35 |
| Makatoa | 6 |
The difference is the Roosters have two small halves, so that's where you want to focus. Penrith don't really have anyone to target so you have to try and wear down their middle with repeat efforts. Like Arthur said, we blinked first, but Blake did have a horror night against the kick. That's not something that happens every week.
Yes because I've just shown how two bench forwards are enough to cover the entire middle rotation. The currency there is interchanges, not the number of players to choose from. How much f**ken rest do you think these merkins need? Only two of our middles played over 50 minutes; Matterson who played fewer minutes than Yeo, and Paulo who gets three rest periods breaking up his 59 minutes.
Why no mention of Lane 69 min and Papali’i 80 min? They were both buggered. Papali’i played middle as well. Penrith can also afford to play more players for 80 minutes because they aren’t as reliant on their forwards for yardage gain like we are.
See my above post. Papali’i and/or Lane.
